ppl. a. [f. LACERATE v. + -ED1.] In senses of the vb. lit. and fig.

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1606.  Warner, Alb. Eng., XIV. lxxxvii. 358. The lacerated Empire of the Romaines, though with griefe, Disclaim’d the Brutaines.

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1612.  Woodall, Surg. Mate, Wks. (1653), 304. Observe in great lacerated wounds, as followeth, &c.

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1768.  Sterne, Sent. Journ. (1778), II. 183. (Bourbonnois) He finds the lacerated lamb of another’s flock.

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1809.  Med. Jrnl., XXI. 209. The following Case of lacerated Urethra.

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1818.  Cobbett, Pol. Reg., XXXIII. 238–9. To seize hold of … parcels … of the lacerated country.

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1849.  Macaulay, Hist. Eng., v. I. 536. Under the soothing influence of female friendship, his lacerated mind healed fast.

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1879.  St. George’s Hosp. Rep., IX. 364. Large lacerated wound 3 inches long.

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  b.  Bot. = LACERATE a. 2.

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1753.  Chambers, Cycl. Supp., s.v. Leaf, Lacerated leaf.

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1830.  Lindley, Nat. Syst. Bot., 101. Stigmas … either 2 and lacerated, or discoid and 4-lobed.

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